http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/01/lt-general-caldwell-calls-on-pentagon-to-lift-prohibition-against-troop-blogging/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:55:02 -0500 hourly 1 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/01/lt-general-caldwell-calls-on-pentagon-to-lift-prohibition-against-troop-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-583363 Cory Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:28:12 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/01/lt-general-caldwell-calls-on-pentagon-to-lift-prohibition-against-troop-blogging/#comment-583363 Just a wild guess, but I think not allowing soldiers to blog from the front lines has less to do with censorship and more to do with avoiding accidentally giving away military secrets in the middle of war time. I am all for blogging, free speech, etc., but I believe this is a case where controlling the flow of information by banning blogging is probably a good idea. Just a wild guess, but I think not allowing soldiers to blog from the front lines has less to do with censorship and more to do with avoiding accidentally giving away military secrets in the middle of war time. I am all for blogging, free speech, etc., but I believe this is a case where controlling the flow of information by banning blogging is probably a good idea.

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